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Ron Kovic

American activist and writer (born 1946)

Ronald Lawrence Kovic (born July 4, 1946)^[1] is an American anti-war activist, author, and United States Marine Corps sergeant who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. His best selling 1976 memoir Born on the Fourth of July was made into the film of the same name which starred actor Tom Cruise as Kovic, and was co-written by Kovic and directed by Oliver Stone.^[2]

Kovic received the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay on January 20, 1990, 22 years to the day that he was wounded in Vietnam, and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category.^[3]

Early life

Kovic was born in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, the second of six children^[1] of Patricia Ann Lamb (January 6, 1923 – June 30, 2006) and Eli Thomas Kovic (August 3, 1920 – May 1, 1999).^[4] Eli Thomas Kovic met Lamb while serving in the Navy during the Second World War after both enlisted shortly after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Eli was of Croatian ancestry. Patricia was of Irish ancestry. She wa

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Ron Kovic

Ron Kovic was born on the 4th of July, 1946, in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. His parents soon moved to Massapequa, New York, where he was raised to be a proud patriot in a family with a history of military service. While his mother kept an eye on Ron and his five younger siblings at home, his father worked as a supermarket clerk. During high school, Kovic excelled in wrestling, track and baseball, but not academics. He considered a career as a professional baseball player but then found himself imagining a different path, inspired by President John F. Kennedy’s powerful challenge: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Just a few months after graduating high school, in September of 1964, a local military recruiter signed him into the United States Marine Corps.

Kovic volunteered for duty and was deployed to Vietnam in December of 1965 as a member of the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines H&S Company. Many soldiers are frightened and confused when first exposed to the speed and intensity of battle and Kovic was no excep

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Born on the Fourth of July

Autobiography of Ron Kovic

For the film, see Born on the Fourth of July (film).

Born on the Fourth of July, published in 1976, is the best-selling autobiography by Ron Kovic, a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran who became an anti-war activist. Kovic was born on July 4, 1946, and his book's ironic title echoed a famous line from George M. Cohan's patriotic 1904 song, "The Yankee Doodle Boy" (also known as "Yankee Doodle Dandy"). The book was adapted into the 1989 Academy Award-winning film of the same name directed and co-written by Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic, starring Tom Cruise as Kovic.

Origin

Born on the Fourth of July was written in Santa Monica, California, during the fall of 1974 in exactly one month, three weeks and two days.^[1] It tells the story of Kovic's life growing up in Massapequa, New York, joining the United States Marine Corps right out of high school, going to Vietnam for two tours of duty, getting shot, finding himself paralyzed and in need of a wheelchair, and eventually starting a new life as a peace activ